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Trek 11 Not Dead?
Screenwriter Erik Jendresen told SyFyPortal that his proposed Star Trek: The Beginning, the 11th film in the franchise, is not dead, though Paramount has made no decisions about moving forward with the franchise.
Jendresen's script would take place after the events of TV's Star Trek: Enterprise and before those of the original series, during the Earth-Romulan war. The film would center on an entirely new crew and ship, led by a captain called Tiberius Chase, the site reported. The film is envisioned as the first in a trilogy that would culminate in the formation of the United Federation of Planets.
"We wanted to reveal the actual cause of that war, which was surprising to all involved at the time," Jendresen told the site. "We simply wanted to reveal the truth behind that startling incident."
Jendresen (TV's Band of Brothers) was commissioned to write a script last year, but uncertainty about the moribund franchise was heightened when Paramount merged with DreamWorks and management changed.
For now, Paramount is still evaluating what to do with its most profitable franchise and whether it will resurrect Jendresen's script.
"There is a producer at Paramount who has been championing this and the notion that we have the opportunity to plug the gap with this trilogy." Jendresen said, without providing names. "We have a chance here to fill in the canon, and to create a continuum ostensibly from the beginning, from Enterprise all the way out to the future."
Four 2 Has Silver Surfer?
Variety reported that Marvel Comics' cult superhero Silver Surfer will make an appearance in the upcoming sequel film Fantastic Four 2. The character, a shiny alien who plies intergalactic space on his metallic board, is on course to becoming a linchpin in the sequel Fox is readying for a July 4, 2007, premiere, the trade paper reported.
Silver Surfer has evolved into one of Marvel's more sophisticated comic-book heroes, and a Surfer feature has been in Fox's arsenal for a decade.
A Fantastic Four 2 storyline is being finalized, with the studio about to choose between a script by X2 writer Mark Frost and another by Don Payne, who scripted Fox/New Regency's Super-Ex Girlfriend.
Sources told the trade paper that Payne's script has the nod, and the Surfer. But a studio spokesman denied to the trade paper that anything was set and added that the Surfer was one of several plot possibilities.
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